08 June 2015

Sara V. Pic, Reference Librarian at the Law Library of Louisiana (400 Royal Street, New Orleans), assembled a unique exhibition on the Italian translation of the Napoleonic Code. TheIl Codice Civile exhibition can also be visited online.

The aim of the conference is to launch the Centre
for Small States as the home for research and learning into the legal issues facing small states
(defined as those states with a population of 1.5m or less). The Centre for Small States also includes
within its remit some territories that are not classified as states as a matter
of international law, yet are sufficiently geographically and culturally
distinct entities to be worthy of study in their own right such as the British
Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories).

For further information on the Centre for Small States, see
http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/research/centres/small-states/index.html

Registration fee: £50(reduced rate
for students and half-day registrations)

Keynote Panel

Professor Lino Briguglio, Islands and
Small States Institute, University of Malta

Professor Baldur Thorhallsson, Centre
for Small State Studies, University of Iceland

Her Honour Justice Mathilda Twomey,
Court of Appeal, Seychelles

Confirmed Speakers

Professor Susy Frankel, Victoria
University of Wellington

Dr Ann Mumford, King’s College London

Professor Catherine Rogers, Penn State
University

Topics for discussion include ethics in small
jurisdictions, the challenges of mixed legal systems in small states, small
states as tax havens, and intellectual property issues.

We have a small number of spaces for additional speakers. We welcome contributions on any aspect of the
legal situation of small states, be it public or private law. Please send your abstract of 300-400 words to
Dr Caroline Morris (c.morris@qmul.ac.uk) and Dr Petra Butler (petra.butler@qmul.ac.uk)
by 15 June 2015. Decisions regarding inclusion in the conference
programme will be sent by 30 June 2015.